Thousands of Deaf people gathered at front of Gallaudet University at 11am to set up the parade and march down toward to Lincoln Memorial Park and it takes about 3.5 between 4 miles.
Lincoln Memorial Park and opening to celebrate ASL & Deaf Pride at 2:30pm. The event such as variety presenters, skits, chants, spirits, and sharing our stories to inspire our ASL & Deaf Pride as Human and Linguistic rights.
Thousands of Deaf people gathered at front of Gallaudet University at 11am to set up the parade and march down toward to Lincoln Memorial Park and it takes about 3.5 between 4 miles.
Lincoln Memorial Park and opening to celebrate ASL & Deaf Pride at 2:30pm. The event such as variety presenters, skits, chants, spirits, and sharing our stories to inspire our ASL & Deaf Pride as Human and Linguistic rights.
If you wish to participate, support, help, or volunteer and please contact us at AudismFreeAmerica@gmail.com. We would be appreicate for your participate and support to value our sign language in our Deaf world. Hope to see you there. Let Freedom Roll!
Greetings AFA thrills to share with all of you about ASL and Deaf Pride Parade! We hosts the event for celebrating our beautiful language and sharing our Deaf pride includes Deaf People of Color, Deaf Women, DeafBlind, Deaf LGBT, Deaf Dogs, Deaf children, Parents of Deaf children, Teachers, Friends, Family, Interpreters, Interpreters students, Community, and more!
We take a stand to cherish ASL as linguistic rights and Deaf Pride as human rights. We believe what we can change for future and our childrens' future. This is our mission of ASL & Deaf Pride Parade. On Friday, April 10th - We would be meeting at front of Gallaudet University at 11am to set up our parade. We will start march down at noon toward to Lincoln Memorial Park and it will takes about 3.5 between 4 miles to march. Once we arrives at Lincoln Memorial Park and we would opening to celebrate ASL & Deaf Pride at 2:30pm. There will have variety presenters, skits, chants, spirits, and sharing our stories to inspire our ASL & Deaf Pride as Human and Linguistic rights.
On Saturday evening, April 11th, we hosts an event as candlelight vigil at 7pm. We cherish to honor all Deaf people and Deaf children who survive to face Audism which a group who would oppress our human and linguistic rights. We take a stand to resist an oppression and grow our roots all together to light our soul. We have a vision to believe for us to take a stand to change for future and children future.
People who wishes to join our parade could hosts this event in your local, Deaf club, or any groups to celebrate ASL and Deaf Pride and also light the candle for candlight vigil. If you want to support and donate, you may check on: http://www.gofundme.com/ASLSTAR-AFA2015
ASL and Deaf Pride Parade starts at Gallaudet at 11 am On Friday April 10, 2015, we start marching at 12 noon, and can bring your cars/motorcycle. Wear black or blue shirts, comfortable shoes, bring water and food in backpack and bring (cardboard) signs too. Impact of last time - taking kids to see this was awesome Cj was there with Carol her mother - and it impacted her understanding of what Deaf is!
Cj was a young child at the last ASL Deaf Pride parade and she remembers seeing people in tall buisness buildings and people on the road watching with smiles and some signing ILY hand shape.. She was surprised to see that as she usually sees people being wrapped in their own world as she is in her Deaf world so that was really wonderful experience
APril is also the month that President Abraham Lincoln signed Gallaudet College into being in 1864. That weekend will have Gallaudet Charter celebration plus Early Childhood Education summit on bilingualism.
March is 4 miles from Gally to Lincoln Memorial. Can take taxi, or subway to Metro and change to Smithsonian. past the Monument and you'll be there.
April 11, 2015 will have a VIGIL for all the Deaf and HOH children in the past and future.
ASL Abstract - 4 people showing up in various combination or alone:
Carol Hirsch - White woman with long brown hair,
Cj Hirsch - white woman with brown hair pulled up in a bun
David Ennis - white man with long grey hair pulled back.
Jenny Witteborg - white woman with messy pony tail and green glasses on top of head.
Exclusive: How do you sign "new" words? The Deaf community works as a network, collectively brainstorming new sign language term over the web, until dominant emerge.
Hope&Fears - As language evolves, the powers that regulate language tend to shift. Just look at the Oxford English Dictionary, who added terms like “duck face,” “lolcat,” and “hawt” to their prestigious lexicon this past December. For the English-speaking world, these additions are anywhere from ridiculous to annoying but at the end of the day, the terms are accepted and agreed upon.
But how do these new, internet-laden turns of phrase enter the sign language community? Was there a way of expressing “selfie” in ASL, was there a sign for “photobomb?” Our simplistic question turned into a larger conversation about the nature of communication.
We turned to Bill Vicars, the president and owner of an organization called Lifeprint, a company who educates through “technology-enhanced delivery of ASL Instruction, excursion-based instruction (trips to amusement parks), and extended-immersion-based program coordination (intense two-week residencies).”
Vicars himself is Deaf/HH, which means he is hard of hearing and culturally Deaf as he has immersed himself in the Deaf community. “In addition to my co workers, the majority of my friends are Deaf… my wife is Deaf,” Vicars explains. (Capitalizing ‘Deaf’ refers to the Deaf community, as noted by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, in Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (1988), “We use the lowercase deaf when referring to the audiological condition of not hearing, and the uppercase Deaf when referring to a particular group of deaf people who share a language - American Sign Language (ASL) - and a culture.”)
VIDEO - Jonathan Lamberton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's sign language interpreter, is getting a blizzard of attention for his highly animated ways that were on full display during recent weather briefings.
NEW YORK CITY - As New York Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a speech warning New Yorkers of the impending megastorm, that is about to drop 3 feet of snow on the city, he was totally upstaged by a theatrical sign-language interpreter who was standing next to him and translating de Blasio's warnings into American Sign Language (ASL).
You won't be able to take your eyes off this guy once you hit "play."
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [CC] - National Anthem ASL Signer Treshelle Edmond at Super Bowl XLIX.
PHOENIX, AZ - A Deaf actress Treshelle Edmond from San Bernardino, California, ASL Interpretation of the National Anthem was live broadcast on the NBC Sports.
The PepsiCo's sponsorship of the American Sign Language artist performance of the National Anthem and America the Beautiful on the NBC Sports at Super Bowl XLIX in University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona.
Treshelle Edmond's statement quote: "I want to thank everyone who are supporting me for this awesome experience! Especially to Amy and @NAD1880 ! I hope you all will enjoy this amazing performances and the game! #DeafTalent #sb49."
VIDEO: High-Definition quality video of a little Deaf girl (Sami) and Santa (Richard Attenborough) signing in ASL "Miracle On 34th Street" scene.
Miracle On 34th Street (1994) - In the scene, a young Deaf girl is brought to sit on the lap of Kriss Kringle at the fictional Cole's department store. Kringle (Richard Attenborough), who hasn't been told of the child's disability, asks her what she would like for Christmas.
After her mother informs him that her child is Deaf and that all she wanted was to sit on Santa's lap, Kringle summons his seasonal powers and begins a sign-language (ASL) conversation.
The stoic girl is transformed on camera with a delighted, surprised smile, signing back her answers, much to the tearful surprise of her mother and more than a few audience members.
As it happens, there is something even more touching about the scene: It is acted by 5-year-old Sami Krieger, the second of three Deaf children born to Jay and Linda Krieger, both of whom are also Deaf.
In the living room of their modest duplex in Hanover Park, a middle-class suburb of Chicago, Sami fidgets in her father's lap, grappling with a temporary case of acute shyness, while her sisters Amanda, 6, and Wanda, 1, look on.
Jay Krieger, with the help of a sign-language interpreter, says of making the film, "The experience was wonderful, really great. The (John) Hughes (production) people treated Sami like royalty, giving her a trailer with a star that had her name on it, which made her feel special," he says.
"My wife had mixed feelings about it, and so did I at first, but if she decides to do something like this again, I think that would be fine with us."
Sami, all warmed up for her interview, signs: "It was really fun being in the movie. Being with Santa and seeing all those toys was the best part," though it was "hard," she says, to pretend it was Christmas in the middle of a sweltering Chicago summer.
"I wish I could have pretended it was Easter, because that's my favorite holiday," she says.
In the original, it is a Dutch war orphan who pays a magical visit to Santa, who instinctively knows her native language and sings to her in Dutch. Hughes rewrote the script, substituting a hearing-impaired child.
"When I read the scene with the Deaf girl," says Mayfield in a phone interview, "that represented the reason why this movie could be remade in relation to a more modern view of the world. And I think this had to be an honest moment iit would only work with a real Deaf girl, who probably never sat on Santa's lap... Read More: Sami and Santa, 'Miracle's' Mutual Admiration Society-LATimes
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There are over 70 million Deaf people in the world. Many of them are either Deaf from birth or became Deaf before learning the spoken language.
This fact has serious implications for the education of Deaf people. To be Deaf means to not hear or comprehend speech and language through the ear.
Communication for a person who cannot hear is visual, not auditory. To deny sign language to Deaf people is tantamount to denying them their basic human rights to communication and education.
Video Description/ English Summary: The video has two points, (1) that the World Federation of the Deaf estimates that 80% of Deaf people do not receive any education at all. (2) How does this make you feel? Isn't this a shocking, disgusting, and infuriating statistic? So what do you plan to do about it?
1 - "80% of Deaf people do not receive any education at all." If you have your Paddy Ladd's "Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood" near you, grab it and flip to page 44. Alternatively, at the end of this very paragraph there's a link that will take you to the WFD article that the citation in the book is from: http://wfdeaf.org/databank/policies/policy-visions-and-goals-for-access-to-adult-education-for-deaf-people
VIRAL VIDEO: [CC] - Must-See The adorable little boy learning American Sign Language has been going viral.
This adorably video of Deaf mom is teaching American Sign Language to her hearing son, and he is too cute for words!
Jasmine Garcia and her son, River is currently 22 months old and is a Child of Deaf Adults, often known by the acronym "CODA", is a person who was raised by Deaf parents. He started learning American Sign Language since he was about 6 months old. American Sign Language is his first language and it has been an amazing experience teaching him in ASL. This is a worthwhile to watch and share.
Turn "Closed Captioned" on.
Related of the viral videos, you may remember the original video of the adorable little girl learning ASL went viral. A three year old Deaf girl teaching American Sign Language with her Deaf mom. Different signs of toys will be shown.
VIDEO in ASL - Houston, uh... American Sign Language, We have a big problem.
A Deaf activist and psychologist, Amy Cohen Efron also known as a blogger "Deaf World As Eye See It", Efron posted the article about the value in American Sign Language (ASL) which related to the viral video star of Paul and Tina Sirimarco's signalongs that lead to the deafies into the hottest debates, theories, thoughts of about the mostly hearing people has culturally misappropriated American Sign Language (ASL) from Deaf Community.
Amy Cohen Efron's statement on the article...
We. Have. A. Big. Fucking. Problem. Here. Everyone, Did I get your attention? Good. Watch my vlog, then read on...
“The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect, and preserve the civil, human and linguistic rights of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals in the United States of America.”
Audism – is a civil and human issue.
Language/ASL appropriation – is a linguistic issue.
Non-certified interpreters – is a civil and linguistic issue.
Hearing people taking ASL teaching jobs – is a civil and human issue.
Let’s look into linguistic rights. What is this really mean?
American Sign Language (ASL) is our right. That is our language. (Please keep your debate about who owns ASL out of here, because that is not the point!)
We need to band together to educate ourselves what is language appropriation really means, and we need to instill our value in American Sign Language.
VIDEO: Awti - Deaf Parents Voice with Hearing Children ? American Sign Language.
Should Deaf parents voice while signing to hearing children? Awti gives his answer and asks for yours!
Also known as Awti, Austin W. Andrews (Certifications: CI, CT, NIC Master, BEI Master) is widely recognized as the Deaf Ninja storyteller. Born into a Deaf family and raised in Rochester, New York, Austin has been interpreting professionally since 1997.
After working for over 4 years as the Head Trainer of two different VRS providers, he established Awti Productions (www.awtiproductions.com), supplying ASL interpretation, workshops, vlogs, and performances.
ASL community, thanks for subscribing to my Youtube channel!
Video of an American Sign Language interpreter, and fiancé, signing interpretations of popular songs becomes an online hit.
The car signalong video of Tina Cleveland, an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, and her fiancé, Paul Sirimarco, have a highly entertaining road trip tradition.
While most families resign themselves to playing "I Spy," "21 Questions," and, in moments of sheer desperation, "Slug Bug," Tina and Paul are having a blast "singing" along to songs in ASL.
A video of the couple signing along to "You're The One That I Want" was uploaded to YouTube Thursday and features them dancing along as the "Grease" soundtrack pipes into the background.
"Hey everyone! I am an ASL interpreter and Paul is an amazing fiancé who learns signs so we can do song interpretations together."
In a post on Facebook, Cleveland declared, "Our road trips are anything but normal."
"Being able to share music through sign language (and dance) is honestly what my little heart lives for," she added in another post. "Also, hearing people saying they want to learn ASL is sooooo awesome! Do it!!!" Source
VIDEO: Captioned - Deaf Awareness: Misconceptions of the Deaf world to educate the hearing community to see just how different, watch and learn from the educational video.
This is a video showing the various ways in which to appropriately interact with the Deaf community from a hearing world's perspective.
It seems like many of those who are of the hearing world do not know how to properly interact with a Deaf person, so here, we show examples of what not to do as well as what to do when someone does not know American Sign Language (ASL) and interacts with a Deaf person.
VIDEO: [CC] - Police Brutality: Driving While Deaf By Advocacy Group Deaf Rights.
In January 2014, Pearl Pearson, age 64, was pulled over by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers. He says he signaled he was Deaf and placed his hands on the steering wheel when state patrolmen brutally assaulted him for not following verbal orders he couldn't hear.
The district attorney announced that the patrolmen involved would not be charged for this brutal attack on the same day that he charged Pearson who has two sons who are police officers with resisting arrest.
The footage from this video is actual video of what happened to Pearson that night in January.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. When police officers don't realize Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can't hear them, it has led to police officers brutally assaulting deaf people and other tragedies.
We are calling on the Department of Justice to conduct trainings with local police departments on how to better interact with the deaf and hard of hearing. For more information, go to https://www.aclu.org/deafrights
Related video:
Captioned - Marlee Matlin On Deaf And Police Interaction in American Sign Language.
Actress Marlee Matlin, who is Deaf and the wife of a police officer, teamed up with ACLU and advocacy group HEARD, on an American Sign Language video to ensure Deaf people know their rights when interacting with law enforcement.
When police officers don't realize Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can't hear them, it has led to police officers brutally assaulting Deaf people and other tragedies.
While this video aims to ensure that Deaf people know their rights, they can only do so much. It is the responsibility of police departments to ensure that their officers are adequately trained.
We are calling on the Department of Justice to conduct trainings with local police departments on how to better interact with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. For more information, go to https://www.aclu.org/deafrights
NOTE: During interrogations, the ADA requires qualified interpreters, but certified interpreters should always be used where they are available.
VIDEO: Captioned - Marlee Matlin On Deaf And Police Interaction in American Sign Language.
Actress Marlee Matlin, who is Deaf and the wife of a police officer, teamed up with ACLU and advocacy group HEARD, on an American Sign Language video to ensure Deaf people know their rights when interacting with law enforcement.
When police officers don't realize Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can't hear them, it has led to police officers brutally assaulting Deaf people and other tragedies.
While this video aims to ensure that Deaf people know their rights, they can only do so much. It is the responsibility of police departments to ensure that their officers are adequately trained.
We are calling on the Department of Justice to conduct trainings with local police departments on how to better interact with the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. For more information, go to https://www.aclu.org/deafrights
Related video:
"Driving While Deaf."
In January 2014, Pearl Pearson, age 64, was pulled over by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers. He says he signaled he was Deaf and placed his hands on the steering wheel when state patrolmen brutally assaulted him for not following verbal orders he couldn't hear.
The district attorney announced that the patrolmen involved would not be charged for this brutal attack on the same day that he charged Pearson who has two sons who are police officers with resisting arrest.
The footage from this video is actual video of what happened to Pearson that night in January.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. When police officers don't realize Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can't hear them, it has led to police officers brutally assaulting deaf people and other tragedies.
We are calling on the Department of Justice to conduct trainings with local police departments on how to better interact with the deaf and hard of hearing. For more information, go to https://www.aclu.org/deafrights
NOTE: During interrogations, the ADA requires qualified interpreters, but certified interpreters should always be used where they are available.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO [ASL/CC] - Virtual Deaf Church: I have become an Atheist.
Justin Vollmar: When I was 18, I was drawn to a strict Christian sect known as Independent Fundamental Baptists. They convinced me that they were the only true church and I became a born-again, washed-in-blood Christian.
For the next seven years, I was a pastor in Silver Spring, Maryland, working 60 hours a week for little pay. My senior pastor was a harsh taskmaster, scolding me and always pushing me to work harder. Meanwhile, he earned $80,000 a year and played golf two times a week. I lived in poverty and did not see my children much. I got burned out.
I resigned my position and was shunned by the church. My faith in God was severely shaken. I started to have doubts about the Bible’s claims. I questioned whether God’s love, which is supposed to reside inside Christians, was real. Still, I didn’t quit the church.
"I am coming out of closet. I no longer believe in God. I am an Atheist now. This video explains my journey to doubt."
Rather, for two years I became a pastor at a church that is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. I called myself a “contemporary Baptist,” in the vein of megachurch pastor Rick Warren's “purpose-driven church.”
But that pit-of-the-stomach worry stayed, as I wondered whether I would leave the church and go through another shunning.
During that time, I established an online preaching ministry, Virtual Deaf Church, for Deaf people like myself. I had a fairly sizable audience - averaging 3,000 viewers for each video or vlog - about the same as a good-sized flesh-and-blood congregation.
But I still had lots of spiritual questions and studied shelves of theological books in search of answers. I struggled with many more contradictions I continued to discover.
Signed Version - Exposed Truth Behind the Science in American Sign Language.
Pam Moers and Elsie Stecker challenge the ongoing myth that Deaf people read at the 4th grade level. Special thanks to Becky Johnson for providing audio support.
Audism Free America hosts an event, American Sign Language & Deaf Pride Parade on April 10, 2015, Washington DC.
